Myanmar to Receive Around 250,000 Condoms from U.N. Population Fund

The UN News Centre reports:

"The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued a warning that monsoon rains in Myanmar were increasing the risks of an outbreak of disease. WHO says it is working with the Government to set up a surveillance system to monitor possible outbreaks.

Meanwhile, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that hundreds of thousands of people in the remote areas of the Irrawaddy delta still do not have sufficient food to eat."

The report also states that, "more than 100,000 people may have been killed since the storm struck on 2 May."

Enter the UNFPA. In addition to sending kits with provisions for pregnant women to be assisted in delivering - medical equipment for needed blood transfusions, rubber gloves for midwives, the organization is making sure to pack "supplies" to prevent unwanted pregnancies. In other words, this starving and devastated people that has lost thousands of members of its population will receive thousands and thousands of condoms from the UN Population Fund.

UNFPA Myanmar Update
CWNews Article